Cohen Miles-Rath

Due to the incidents that had happened between my father and I that I was arrested for, my first week in jail, I was in like a severe state of psychosis. I was in solitary confinement. And I'd experienced just this horrific situation in which When I did come back and realized what had happened, I wasn't sure I was ever going to get out. I had two felonies, potential felonies.

And fortunately, due to a lot of certain circumstances, the court recognized what had happened was clearly a result of a severe mental illness. And I'd been hospitalized twice before this too, so there was a little bit of history and past to that, in which I was able to get out of jail after 30 days. I had mandatory treatments. I was on probation for a year. It was a conditional discharge.

And fortunately, due to a lot of certain circumstances, the court recognized what had happened was clearly a result of a severe mental illness. And I'd been hospitalized twice before this too, so there was a little bit of history and past to that, in which I was able to get out of jail after 30 days. I had mandatory treatments. I was on probation for a year. It was a conditional discharge.

And fortunately, due to a lot of certain circumstances, the court recognized what had happened was clearly a result of a severe mental illness. And I'd been hospitalized twice before this too, so there was a little bit of history and past to that, in which I was able to get out of jail after 30 days. I had mandatory treatments. I was on probation for a year. It was a conditional discharge.

So it wasn't just I'm getting out. That's it. There were certain things that I had to do to maintain my freedom or everything could come back. And one felony was dropped. The other felony was reduced down to a misdemeanor. I did get that on my record.

So it wasn't just I'm getting out. That's it. There were certain things that I had to do to maintain my freedom or everything could come back. And one felony was dropped. The other felony was reduced down to a misdemeanor. I did get that on my record.

So it wasn't just I'm getting out. That's it. There were certain things that I had to do to maintain my freedom or everything could come back. And one felony was dropped. The other felony was reduced down to a misdemeanor. I did get that on my record.

How I like to frame that part of my experience is really through what's known as the four dimensions of recovery, which a lot of mental health organizations talk about the four dimensions of recovery, which are purpose, home, health, and community. So like when I got out of the jail, my mom opened up her home. My parents were separated. They had been separated all my life.

How I like to frame that part of my experience is really through what's known as the four dimensions of recovery, which a lot of mental health organizations talk about the four dimensions of recovery, which are purpose, home, health, and community. So like when I got out of the jail, my mom opened up her home. My parents were separated. They had been separated all my life.

How I like to frame that part of my experience is really through what's known as the four dimensions of recovery, which a lot of mental health organizations talk about the four dimensions of recovery, which are purpose, home, health, and community. So like when I got out of the jail, my mom opened up her home. My parents were separated. They had been separated all my life.

And due to the incident with my dad, he wasn't willing to let me live with him for valid reasons. It took a lot of us to build our trust together. But my mom opened the doors. She gave me a place of home, a place of comfort, a place where I could really just focus on managing my treatment. So like I lived with my mom. I picked up a job at Burger King, so I gained some independence.

And due to the incident with my dad, he wasn't willing to let me live with him for valid reasons. It took a lot of us to build our trust together. But my mom opened the doors. She gave me a place of home, a place of comfort, a place where I could really just focus on managing my treatment. So like I lived with my mom. I picked up a job at Burger King, so I gained some independence.

And due to the incident with my dad, he wasn't willing to let me live with him for valid reasons. It took a lot of us to build our trust together. But my mom opened the doors. She gave me a place of home, a place of comfort, a place where I could really just focus on managing my treatment. So like I lived with my mom. I picked up a job at Burger King, so I gained some independence.

Fortunately, I was in a spot where I could walk to work. I didn't have a car. I was able to walk to my treatment. I was seeing a psychiatrist or a nurse practitioner. I was seeing group therapy. I was seeing substance misuse therapy. And I was seeing a mental health counselor, like four things every week, right? And that's how dedicated my rehabilitation was to the health dimension.

Fortunately, I was in a spot where I could walk to work. I didn't have a car. I was able to walk to my treatment. I was seeing a psychiatrist or a nurse practitioner. I was seeing group therapy. I was seeing substance misuse therapy. And I was seeing a mental health counselor, like four things every week, right? And that's how dedicated my rehabilitation was to the health dimension.

Fortunately, I was in a spot where I could walk to work. I didn't have a car. I was able to walk to my treatment. I was seeing a psychiatrist or a nurse practitioner. I was seeing group therapy. I was seeing substance misuse therapy. And I was seeing a mental health counselor, like four things every week, right? And that's how dedicated my rehabilitation was to the health dimension.

A lot of that I had to do as part of my conditional discharge process. In that space, I was very vulnerable and I was very active in wanting to know how to manage my mental health and my diagnosis a lot better than I was before. So health home was taken care of. The community aspect, I still had a lot of friends.

A lot of that I had to do as part of my conditional discharge process. In that space, I was very vulnerable and I was very active in wanting to know how to manage my mental health and my diagnosis a lot better than I was before. So health home was taken care of. The community aspect, I still had a lot of friends.

A lot of that I had to do as part of my conditional discharge process. In that space, I was very vulnerable and I was very active in wanting to know how to manage my mental health and my diagnosis a lot better than I was before. So health home was taken care of. The community aspect, I still had a lot of friends.

I was in a community of support too that really, I think, supported me in getting through that process. And then lastly, purpose. Before I went to jail, I was going to college, a four-year degree at SUNY Geneseo, which is a small university in upstate New York. I was expelled after what happened when I got arrested.